Half-and-Half Compare Content Addressable Memory with Charge-Sharing Based Selective Match-Line Precharge Scheme

Woong Choi, Hoonki Kim, Changnam Park, Taejoong Song, Jongsun Park

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a half-and-half compare contents addressable memory (HHC-CAM) to reduce the dynamic power consumption as well as white space between the cell array and peripheral. In the proposed HHC-CAM, by splitting the match-line (ML), almost 99% of entries are filtered out in first half-side comparison. Thanks to the reduced ML switching capacitance, 42% lower energy delay product (EDP) is achieved compared to the conventional selective precharge approach. The proposed 16KB, 10T-NOR CAM macro, has been fabricated in a 14nm FinFET technology, and the chip measurement results show the energy consumption of 0.38fJ/search/bit (560ps search delay), which is the best EDP reported in literature.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSI Circuits 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages17-18
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781538667002
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Oct 22
Event32nd IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSI Circuits 2018 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: 2018 Jun 182018 Jun 22

Publication series

NameIEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers
Volume2018-June

Other

Other32nd IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSI Circuits 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period18/6/1818/6/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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